A 46-year-old man from Plymouth has been jailed for 18 years at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted of 10 sexual offences.
Robert Westmore was found guilty of six rapes, two attempted rapes and two indecent assaults in March 2016.
The offences took place in Somerset, Torbay and Plymouth between 1996 and 2014 and they relate to four female victims.
Detective Sergeant Chris Tapley, Torbay CID, said: “We are satisfied that justice has been done today for the victims of Robert Westmore, and that he has been accorded the punishment he deserves with the handing down...
Russell Baker, 57, of Ilsington, near Newton Abbot, today pleaded guilty at Exeter Crown Court to nine offences of fraud in relation to his former estate agency business, in a case investigated by the Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service.
Investigators found that Baker had bought a well-known Estate Agents business called Ashby’s.
A significant part of his business was the letting out of properties on behalf of landlords, and the investigation originally related to tenants deposits, and whether they had been paid into a government approved scheme.
Three men found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the vulnerable and elderly for shoddy and unnecessary home repair work, were sentenced today at Exeter Crown Court in a case brought by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service.
Thomas Maughan, 27, and Thomas Mahon, 46, were each sent to prison for 12 months for their part in the fraud.
Both had pleaded not guilty but were convicted after an eight day trial.
The judge said these two were 'the heart of the conspiracy' and although he had sympathy for Mr Maughan’s role as the father of a disabled child, their...
The directors of a long established family-run home care agency today spoke of their shock and anger after a former member of staff was found guilty of fraud.
Melanie Harris, from Fremington, was convicted of the crime when she appeared before Exeter Crown Court.
Harris, aged 44, spent thousands of pounds belonging to a vulnerable client to support her own lifestyle.
Emily Whittaker, a Director and Registered Care Manager of Cygnet Care (Devon) Limited, said she was horrified when the crime was uncovered.
She said: “We were devastated when the crime came to...
Police have welcomed the custodial sentence given to a 24-year-old Plymouth man jailed for nine months after filming himself travelling at 153mph on a motorcycle.
Ashley Dixon, from Plymouth, used a helmet camera to record himself on motorcycles travelling through rural roads in Devon and was described by the Judge sentencing him as a ‘lunatic’.
Dixon, who pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday and was jailed for nine months and banned from driving for two years.
Two men have today been sentenced to four years each in jail after being caught attempting to sell heroin on the streets of Exeter.
Mohamed Adalla (left), aged 19 and Abdu Aziz Mohammed (right), aged 26 were sentenced to 4 years each at Exeter Crown Court today (27th July) after pleading guilty to possession of heroin with intent to supply.
Adalla and Mohammed, both from London, were caught by plain clothes officers in possession of over 45 grams of heroin with a street value of £6,880 near Exe Street on Thursday 4th June.
An organised crime group bringing class-A drugs from Liverpool to Devon have been sentenced to 140 years in prison at Exeter Crown Court today (Thursday 23rd July).
Nineteen people in total have been sentenced for conspiracy to supply class-A controlled drugs. 17 pleaded guilty with the remaining two found guilty following trial at Exeter Crown Court in March.
Throughout 12-month long Operation Reform, heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of £1.25 million and cash in excess of £91,500 was intercepted.
Dozens of floral tributes have been laid at the scene of an accident in which a 10-year-old Devon boy died.
The side of a house has become a temporary memorial to Samuel Crocker
One of the tributes read: "To dear Samuel. We are all missing you and are devastated that your life was ended early. We hope you are OK and we will never forget you. From Tristan".
A resident, who asked not to be named, said Samuel was a popular boy and that the whole community was in shock.
Samuel William James Crocker, from the Crediton area, was involved in a collision with a...
A 20-year-old man died on his first day at work for a new company when the four-tonne dumper he was driving toppled over a bank and crushed him.
Daniel Whiston, from Dulverton, was allowed to drive the dumper, which had a number of serious defects, before it overturned down the embankment at Sweetings Farm, near Tiverton, on 27 October 2009.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the incident, and prosecuted Mr Whiston’s employers, company directors William Friend and Robert Plume, at Exeter Crown Court today (22 Dec).
